Improvement in horse-rakes



T. .isHREvus or GREENBUSH, iLL'INoIs.

Letters Patent No. 80,772, dated August 4, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-RAKES.

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To ALL WHoM @MAY ooNoERN:

Be it 4known that I, T. J. SHR'EVES, of Greenbush, in the county of Warren, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Sulky-Rake; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation, of the same, reference being had to the alineired drawings,inaking a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the entire machine.

The nature of my invention relates to constructing a horse hay-rake in such mannerand combining in such a method with wheels and axle that a person may ride and easily control the operations of the rake, at the same time doing goed and rapid work. i

To-enable others skilled'i'n tleart ,to make and use my invention, I proceed io thefollowing ful-ler and v clearerdescription.

The axle A is mounted on the wheels w w, and is drawn by thills or tongue in front. From the axle is elevated the seat T by means of'l the rods or braces y. l n

. Mortisefd into, the axle are the pieces Q, in which the main frame B C is' pivo'tcd, to allow avertical movement of the rear end.

The main frame B B, C C carries at the' rear end the rake-head M, by means of the bands M M., enclosingy suitable journals on the rake-head M. 4

Z represents a cross-piece, of suitable material, operating as a pivot for the lever F. l By means of the handle D, which is pivoted in the pieces Q, and by means of the barE, lever F, `bar G, and lever H, and pawl J, the rake may be revolved.

v The pawl X' holds the rake firmly from revolving, by catching the'catch P, and when the handle D is thrown forward, it will readily he seen that it -releascs the pawl X, and throws suiiicient weight on the pawl J to.revolve the rake, which will be caught firmlyagain as soon as it revolves, and held in proper positionfor work until,

by means of throwing the handle forward, it is again revolved.

The hooks y y are attached forward to the thills. VBy raising the main frame B C, and hooking these hooks in the 'staples g g, the whirle frame may be supported and held oif the ground for convenience in moving from place to place,

The rake-head M is constructed similar to the ordinary revolvingrakes.

The catches P and R are, of course, provided on the diagonal cornersfrom that seen in tlie drawing.y v

There is a great advantage derived by having the main frame inthe rear of the axl'e,`in place of the front, it giving more and easier control of the whole thing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, i's-l' 1. The pnwl X, in combination withy device d, e, F, G,H, and S, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth. 4 v p 2.' The hooks y y, substantially as described, and in combination with the main frame, as set forth.l

Witnesses:

W. B. RicnAlws, Gre. F. Winsor. 

